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W. P. NEGUS.

SEED CDRN HANGEH.

APPLICATIQN man nic. r, |916.

Patented Feb. 5, 1918.

WILLIAM P. NEGUS, OF WEST BRANCH, IOWA.

SEED-CORN HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1918.

Application tiled December 7, 1916. Serial No. 135,663.

To all `whom it may concern:

l Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. NEGUS, a

citizen of the United States, residing at. West Branch, in the county ofCedar and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Seed-Corn Hangers; and I do declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in a seedcorn hanger for supporting the ears of seed corn when it is desired todry the same.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter composed of a plurality of sections, hooked one upon theother, so that a hanger of any desired size may be ultimately formed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a section of a hanger ofthis character made from a single length of wire.

A still further object of the invention is to generally improve upondevices of this character by providing a device which will be extremelysimple, durable, and inexpensive in construction, and one which is welladapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention resides in certainnovel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement ofparts as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings in which similar reference charactersdesignate like parts throughout the several views:

Figure l is a perspective view of a hanger constructed in accordancewith this invention; and

Figs. 2 and 3 are side and end elevations respectively of one of thesections of the hanger.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, a hanger is shown made upof a plurality of detachably connected sections a, each comprising asingle length of wire looped at a point substantially midway of its endsto form a pair of arms b and e, which are united by a single coil d. Thearm b is disposed in an inclined plane and sharpened to form a portionfor receiving an ear of corn. The other arm c is looped midway of itsends to form an upper portion e and a lower portion f, said portions eand f being united by a second single coil g. As clearly shown in Fig. 2of the drawings, the lower portion f of the arm c is disposed in asubstantially vertical plane, while the upper portion e of this arm isdisposed out of alinement with the lower portion f and in an inclinedplane arranged substantially at right angles to the plane of thc otherarm b. The upper portion e, similar to the arm b is sharpened to form asecond prong for receiving a second ear of corn.

lVhen the sections are assembled together, they are detachably hung oneupon the other, the coil g at the upper end of the lower portion f ofthe arm c of one section being hung upon the coil d uniting the two armsof the section next above. Vhen the ears of seed corn are inserted uponthe prongs of these sections a, it will be found that the lowermostsection will be tilted sidewise under the weight of the corn. In orderto prevent this an equally balanced section l is hung upon the coil d ofthe lowermost section a. This additional section 1 is provided with apair of upturned prongs arranged in planes on opposite sides of itsvertical axis to receive ears of corn.

The hanger may be composed of any number of sections, and when aconsiderable number are used, a substantially coneshaped mass is formedand the ears of corn supported thereby will be positioned in such amanner that they do not touch or contact with one another enough toprevent a thorouah drying of the same.

i rom the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying draw ings, it may be seen that the objects of the inventionhave been electively carried out, as obviously a hanger of any desiredsize or length may be formed.

As various minor changes in form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit ofthis invention, I do not wish to be limited to the construction hereinshown and described other than as claimed.

I claim:

A device of the class described comprising a sin'le length of wirelooped at a point substantially midway of its ends to form a pair ofarms united by a single coil, one of said arms being disposed in aninclined plane :md slmlened to form a prong for receiving an ear 0 corn,the other arm being looped midway of its ends to form an upper 0rtionand e lower portion united by e eeeond single coil, the lower portionbein dpOSd in u substantially vertical plane, he upper gortion beingdisposed out of alinement with 'he ower portion and in an inclined planearranged substantially et right eagles to the plane of the other arm andsharpened to WILLIAM P. N EGUS.

Witnesses:

KENNEDY,

BOBERT BERRY.

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